Jack McGrath: Leinster players must take responsibility for Ulster defeat

Jack McGrath believes the blame for Leinster’s heavy defeat to Ulster last week should rest with the players and not the coaching ticket, as the province seeks to repair the damage done in Belfast by seeing off Treviso at the RDS this Saturday.
Jack McGrath: Leinster players must take responsibility for Ulster defeat

Leo Cullen’s side fell to a 24-point defeat at the Kingspan Stadium, but it was the performance as well as the result which attracted stinging criticism, as questions raised by a terrible Champions Cup campaign earlier this season were resurrected by their worst 80 minutes since.

Jonathan Sexton spoke before and after the defeat about the fact that Leinster still have a considerable way to go before they can spy the heights they once inhabited and they are making the journey with a rookie management crew.

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